Quinton de Kock and Hashim Amla won the most one-sided match in limited overs history for SA in Kimberley on Sunday. In the process, they crushed any hope Bangladesh had of celebrating Mushfiqur Rahim’s historic hundred with a win. Mushfiqur’s unbeaten 110 was the first century scored by a Bangladeshi in any of the 34 matches they have played against SA, regardless of the format, and their total of 278/7 was their highest in an ODI versus the South Africans. But risibly harmless bowling saw SA chase down the target with 7.1 overs remaining and all 10 wickets standing. The 282 runs De Kock and Amla shared represents a world-record thrashing, surpassing the 256 runs Jason Roy and Alex Hales shared in England’s 10-wicket win over Sri Lanka at Edgbaston in June 2016.
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